China and Road America
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- 4th June 2012, 22:28 at 10:28 pm #131499Mikemat5150Participant
With more and more speculation about China not happening, there has been speculation of what the backup plan for the China race may be. Road America! A tandem event with ALMS.
http://blogs.indystar.com/racingexpert/2012/06/04/june-4-on-road-america-servia-and-randy-bernard/
4th June 2012, 23:02 at 11:02 pm #202582Keith CollantineKeymaster@Mikemat5150 Much as I’d like to see IndyCar back at Road America/Elkhart Lake, and as much as I have doubts about Qingdao, I’d rather they got to cash the cheque they were promised according to that article.
Of course if they could take the payment without a race (as F1 did with Bahrain last year) and still go to Road America, I’d be just as happy!
18th June 2012, 4:52 at 4:52 am #202583Mikemat5150ParticipantLooks like it may be gaining some steam
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-elkhart-lake-possible-china-replacement/
21st June 2012, 13:10 at 1:10 pm #202584Keith CollantineKeymasterCurt Cavin thinks it’s going to be Road America:
I’m 80 percent sure it’s going to be Road America. I’d be more sure if I knew what expectations Randy Bernard has for a sanctioning fee.
http://blogs.indystar.com/racingexpert/2012/06/21/june-21-on-iowa-start-time-and-nashville/
The last major single-seater race at Road America was Champ Car’s 2007 visit, emphatically won by Sebastien Bourdais. The year before that Katherine Legge – now his team mate at Dragon – survived this terrifying crash:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCI-QSt0hpE
But it’s a terrific track – here’s an onboard lap with Bruno Junqueira from 2007:
21st June 2012, 13:17 at 1:17 pm #202585AnonymousInactiveOh lets hope this happens. Road America is a brilliant track. One of my favourite to drive on various racing games. It’s as long as Spa and easily as fast, if not faster.
22nd June 2012, 12:31 at 12:31 pm #202586Joey-PoeyParticipantThe layout doesn’t seem all that inspiring from an overhead, but I concur with AJ, it’s incredible to drive! The great thing is it tends to promote very good racing, too. Plenty of passing opportunities and some wonderful elevation change. Plus, the lead up to Canada Corner is a gorgeous blast through the woods with trees on both sides.
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